Treatment with sodium borohydride converts aldose A into an optically inactive alditol. Ruff degradation of A forms

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Treatment with sodium borohydride converts aldose A into an optically inactive alditol. Ruff degradation of A forms B, whose alditol is optically inactive. Ruff degradation of B forms D-glyceraldehyde. Identify A and B.
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Organic Chemistry

ISBN: 978-0131407480

4th edition

Authors: Paula Yurkanis Bruice

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